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Task Allocation Approaches in Distributed Agile Software Development: A Quasi-systematic Review

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Increasingly, software organizations are investing in distributed software development. However, this new scenario introduces a number of new challenges and risks. Organizations have sought alternatives to the traditional software development models by applying agile software development practices to distributed development. The key point in a distributed scenario is related to task allocation. This paper conducts a quasi-systematic review of studies of task allocation in distributed software development projects that incorporate agile practices, trying to establish issues for additional research. The study allows us to conclude that there are few works on task classification and prioritization what suggests a fertile area for work.

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    Marum Simão Filho, Plácido Rogério Pinheiro & Adriano Bessa Albuquerque

  2. 7 de Setembro College, Fortaleza, Brazil

    Marum Simão Filho

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Filho, M.S., Pinheiro, P.R., Albuquerque, A.B. (2015). Task Allocation Approaches in Distributed Agile Software Development: A Quasi-systematic Review. In: Silhavy, R., Senkerik, R., Oplatkova, Z., Prokopova, Z., Silhavy, P. (eds) Software Engineering in Intelligent Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 349. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18473-9_24

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